On 2020-11-28 7:48 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 11/28/2020 7:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2020-11-28 6:57 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> I made oven-braised pork chops on the 18th; froze two of them in
>>> individual portions.Â* Those chops were so tender they literally fell
>>> off the bone. Â* Thawed one out today and had it with mac & cheese
>>> and broccoli florets.
>>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/85Y1vg9s/porkchop.jpg
>>
>> Looks good.Â* I did an asparagus and shrimp pasta stir fry with lots of
>> garlic. I think I nailed it this time.It was the best I have ever done.
>>
>>
> Sounds good!Â* I'd love to get my hands on some good asparagus, not the
> pencil-thin stalks that show up at local supermarkets.Â* Even when it's
> in season I never see nice fat stalks of asparagus.
>

This recipe actually works better with the thins stalks. My wife had
picked up a weird bunch of asparagus yesterday, about 2/3 of it was nice
thick stalks and the other 1/3 was thin. We had half of the thick stuff
last night with salmon steaks. I used the skinny stuff in the stir fry
tonight, and we will have the rest of the thicker stalks tomorrow with
beef tenderloins. I should add that this off season asparagus was
pretty good. It wasn't as good as fresh local stuff but pretty darned
good.